Table Potatoes In Better Demand Twin City Dealers Report
Market for table potatoes in the Twin Cities shows improved demand this week though buyers hold firm on prices. Minnesota shipped 169 cars last week, Wisconsin 268, North Dakota 32, and South Dakota 3, with season totals and year-ago comparisons noted. Dealers warn against crooked brokers and speculate on future price movements as most holdings remain with firms and farmers awaiting higher bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Minn
Minnesota
North Dakota
South Dakota
Wisconsin
Twin Cities
Rejection Evil in Shippers Trade Draws Editorial Response
A Pittsburgh reader cites the Packer editorial on unjustified rejections in produce trade as a major evil. The letter argues that government inspection certificates fail to deter chronic rejectors and that 10 percent of firms cause 90 percent of rejections. It urges shippers to enforce rating books and self-regulation to restore market integrity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Packer
Uest
Albert M. ‘Travis
Geo. Lasbury
Apple Exports Report for Rochester Season Ends
Apple exports for the week ending December 5 totaled 95,800 barrels and 302,506 boxes, per the International Apple Shippers Association, versus 99,367 barrels and 226,587 boxes the prior year. Year to date exports reach 2,504,675 boxes and 1,851,566 barrels, compared with 2,679,881 boxes and 1,768,973 barrels last year at this date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apple
Rochester
N. C
International
Apple Shippers’ Association
The Produce Packer Trade News Intro
The Produce Packer introduces a separate weekly edition covering market and trade news for shippers and distributors of eel poultry butter hides wool furs etc. A free sample copy can be mailed upon request.
California Navel Oranges Steady In New York Market
New York market notes California Navel oranges sold 87 cars this week, opening up 15 to 20c but easing later. best fruit at 4.58 to 5.50 per box, choice 3.25 to 6. Prices for lemons, pineapples, grapefruits, and tangerines varied with weather and color, Porto Rican fruit steady, some lots unsold at docks, with imports partly withdrawn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
California
Porto Rico
Florida
Sicily
Potato Market Advances Causes Complaint Against Brooks
Kansas City December 11. A Missouri firm accuses J. H. Brooks of Vandalia Illinois of failing to deliver a car of potatoes sold on October 6 for $2.05 per bag. The buyer states two letters and a wire confirmed the sale and shipment. Brooks reportedly could not ship sifted sacks and later did not confirm, and he has not replied to letters dated October 31 and November 17.
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Welch
Peter Smartalex
John ‘Justworthy
Pete
Messie, Trustworthy & Co
Egcrow
Assaurance
Dell
David Harum
J. H. Brooks
Kansas City
Vandalia
Missouri
Brooks
Charles F Junod Victim of Pneumonia in New York
Charles F Junod vice president of the Bank of America died at his Pelham home after a week long pneumonia illness. Born in Howe Indiana he was 46 and leaves a widow and two sons Charles Jr and Robert. He was active in the produce trade and member of the New York Mercantile Exchange with wide national connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sithanles F. Junod
Bank of America
Wall Street
Pelham
N. Xe
Junod
Atlantic National
Howe
Ind
Charles
Robert
New York Mercantile Exchange
New York City Terminal Needs Talk at Meeting
Spencer Smith presided at a meeting of the Society of Terminal Engineers in New York City to discuss larger terminals for efficient food deliveries. Lippmann urged a union railroad terminal to handle peak loads year round, noting frequent perishables arriving late or spoiled due to congestion. Plans by the National League of Commission Merchants and trade groups envision a new union terminal where the old Pennsylvania and Dominion docks stood, capable of handling about 60 cars daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Society of Terminal Engineers
Spencer Smith
United
Weat
Nlsith
Cone Co
Broce Eins
Mr. Lippmann
National League of Commission Merchants
Union Terminal
Pennsylvania
Old Dominion
Special Texas Train to New Orleans Convention Special Texas Train to New Orleans Convention
Texas expects near full representation at the Western Fruit Jobbers Association convention in New Orleans, with a special Fort Worth train carrying Texas delegates via Dallas Waco Houston Beaumont and Orange en route. Also notes Chicago onion market steady to firm with varied quality and prices across regions and future movement expectations.
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Texas
New Orleans
Dallas
Western Fruit Jobbers’ Association
Charles Weinberger
Fort Worth
Dalles
Waco
Houston
Beaumont
Orange
Enroute
Harper Brokerage Co. Moves from Tulsa to Denver
Harper Brokerage Co closes Tulsa office and moves to Denver. Some future shipments may be handled by Hoffman Producer or Dawson Produce. The firm has operated in Tulsa and Denver for years and plans to reopen here next spring.
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Tulsa
Okla
Harper Brokerage Company
Denver
Harper
Hoffman Producer Company
Dawson Produce Company
Oetgen Returns to Business in Atlanta After Jail Stay
Edgar O. Oetgen, once labeled the produce crook by The Packer, is back in business in Atlanta. After time in Fulton county jail over shipper complaints, he operates the Atlanta Sales Union at 169 Edgewood avenue.
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Edgar O. Oetgen
Atlanta
Edgar QO. Oetgen
Packer
Fulton County
Oetgen
Edgewood Avenue
Demands for Potatoes in Chicago Market This Week
The Chicago market shows steady demand with slow carrot intake and light receipts. Track holdings reduced to 189 cars. quality varies with field frosted and in transit stock, yet shippers appear less careful as prices stay high. Prices cited include No 1 round whites around 3.50 to 3.75 per cwt and Russets 3.50 to 3.65, with broad quality ranging below.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Idaho
Canadian Turnips Steady Amid Oversupply Relief
Canadian turnips hold steady as oversupply eases in New York trading. Early week quotations for Canadian rutabaga shipper barrels ranged from 1.75 to 1.80 dollars per 140 pound barrel delivered duty paid. Market prices hovered around 1.75 dollars at city points.
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New York
New York Potato Market Sees Sluggish Trade and High Demurrage
The New York potato market was quieter with little movement and heavy demurrage fees. Shippers face 150 to 200 cars idle in metropolitan yards incurring 50 to 100 dollars per car, while Maine and Pennsylvania prices show wide spreads and overall dull activity across Harlem river and Boake yards.
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New York
Thirty-third Street
Harlem River
Boake
Maine
Maines
New York State
Pennsylvania
L.ong Island
Creditors Move to File Bankruptcy Against Mead KC
Kansas City December 11 creditors prepare to file a bankruptcy petition against C H Mead who recently ran Mead Produce Company a fruit and vegetable jobbing business. He allegedly owes about four thousand dollars and received three thousand in cash for a lease but refuses to disclose what happened to the money. Creditors hired a lawyer to pursue the case and seek full facts in court. Assets include a small mall desk book accounts around eight hundred and equity in two trucks about six hundred dollars.
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Kansas City
C. H. Mead
Hame
Mead Produce Company
Mead
aBe
California Grapes Do Better in New York Auction Prices
California grape receipts in New York were light as good fruit moved better while poor stock sold low. Auction ranges include Malagas in crates 1.45 to 2.05 per crate and 25 to 1.05 in lug, Alicantes in lugs 35, Seedless in lugs 50 cents, Almerias in lugs 1.25 to 1.70, Emperors in crates 90 cents to 2.25, in lugs 40 cents to 1.80, sawdust lugs 1.15 to 1.30, drums and kegs 3.20 to 3.75, Almerias in drums and kegs 3.50 to 5.40, Malagas in sawdust lugs 0.35 to 3.55.
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New York
California
Malagas
Alicantes
Almerias
Emperors
Light supply of holly in Chicago grows scarce
Light supplies of holly reach Chicago as the holiday demand remains strong. Mississippi and Tennessee are the main sources, with North Carolina and Maryland typically the heaviest shippers. Prices have nearly doubled from a year ago, though demand stays good.
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Light Supply of
Holly
Chicago
Mississippi
Tennessee
North Carolina
Maryland
California Grape Growers Abandon 1926 Plans
In San Francisco on December 11 the California Grape Growers Exchange abandoned marketing plans for the 1926 crop citing insufficient member support for a central selling agency. The decision followed a directors meeting held the previous Friday. Nearby notices report a Pittsburgh firm seeking $175 from E. J. Black of Willettville for a water flow deal with no response to letters from The Packer.
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California Grape Growers Exchange
San Francisco
Calif
California Grape Growers’ Exchange
Kansas City
Tom Ayoob Company
Pittsburgh
E. J. Black
Willettville
S. C
Waterelow
South Carolina
Black
Packer
Boera Brothers Win Suit Against Faere Steamship Line
New York scene reports Boera Brothers importers of onions won on appeal against the Fabre Steamship Line. The Court of Appeals reversed a lower ruling, holding the ship not shielded by perils of the sea and deeming damages from water intrusion. About 20,000 onion packages were involved with health seizures of thousands of crates as unfit for food.
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New York Board of Health
New York
Court of Appeals
Boera Brothers
Fabre Steamship Line
Skipsea
Board of Health
District Court
Steamship Company
Ashley
Aca
Boera, Brothers
Circuit Count of Appeals
Circuit Court of Appeals
Messrs
Finkler & McEntire
Broadway
Kirin
Wool‘sey
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Twin City
Charles F. Junod
New York City
J.c.lopman
Ill
Indiana
Michigan
Oregon
Harper Brokerage Co
N. Y
K. C
Faere Steamship Line
Sulis
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